Webinar
Fluency and equity: Helping all kids access grade-level text
11.25.20
Description
A panel of leading reading instruction experts discuss specific practices and strategies educators can implement to improve oral reading fluency and help all students access grade-level text.
Topics: Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Podcast
Today, Jacob is joined by an Alaskan and a Texan: Moon McCarley, Principal at Nondalton School and District Testing Coordinator for The Lake and Peninsula School District, located on the Alaska Peninsula; and Ashley Cruz, State Professional Learning Consultant at NWEA. They discuss how NWEA partners with districts across Alaska to create high-impact professional learning opportunities to expand assessment literacy. Along the way, Moon shares her experience as a Certified Facilitator and talks about how it helped her grow as a leader.
Topics: Equity, Leadership, Professional learning, School improvement
Products: Professional Learning
Case Study
MAP Reading Fluency returns instructional time, more objective results to Georgia elementary school
Learn how a Houston County, GA school used efficient, timely data from MAP Reading Fluency to deliver instructional support and save on testing time.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
Case Study
Georgia school bolsters foundational literacy skills with insights from MAP Reading Fluency
See how Bonaire Elementary School in Georgia used MAP Reading Fluency to address foundational skills and create far-reaching benefits for their students.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
Webinar
NWEA research snapshot: Insights on recovery strategies
NWEA researchers explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding academic recovery. Designed for school and system leaders, this session details their latest research insights and explores the effectiveness of strategies like summer intervention programming and high-dose tutoring.
Topics: Education research, Instructional strategy & resources, Leadership
Article
Next-level science of reading: Early word recognition
This article summarizes the foundational research and scholarship on early word recognition, discusses strategies and tactics for putting the science of reading into practice, and includes numerous useful tips and best practices from an experienced reading interventionist.
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Secrets & strategies from high growth classrooms, with Chase Nordengren
For this episode, we’re once again joined byĀ Dr. Chase Nordengren,Ā principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA to talk about teacher-led approaches to academic recovery.
Chase works closely with leading scholars from around the globe to turn theory into actionable practices to drive instructional improvement. His latest study, High Growth for All, captured ways teachers in one Chicago-area district are leading the academic recovery effort and producing above average academic growth over multiple years for kids across the achievement spectrum
Chase is also the author ofĀ Step into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and AgencyĀ from Corwin Press.
Topics: Assessment, Education research, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning
Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Changing attitudes on assessment literacy, with Jacob Bruno
āProfessional learning should be intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, and data-driven.ā
Jacob hops from the hostās chair to the hot seat as he sits down with Kailey to discuss his journey through the education world to become a leader in professional development for teachers. Starting with his time working with abused & neglected children, Jacob realized how much he would need to continue to grow to best serve his students. After time as a high school math teacher and coach for math educators, Jacob dedicated his career to serving teachers looking to improve their craft. Then, Kailey & Jacob get into the details of what kinds of professional learning teachers need more of now. They talk about why teachers arenāt taught about the assessment side of instructional practice and how new attitudes towards data literacy are changing that trend.
Topics: Assessment, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth